The Youth Employment Observatory and the City-Regions Transitions Observatory participated today at the Iscte Open Day 2026. The activities, designed for highschool students, were organized and led by DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers João Loureiro (Youth Employment Observatory), and Teresa Marat-Mendes , (Coordinator of the City-Regions Transitions Observatory). João Loureiro hosted the session "Youth Employment in Portugal: Rights and Indicators", which featured an interactive

We are pleased to announce the launch of the book Transgressive City-Making and Governance: Housing Struggles, Occupations and Evictions in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, authored by the DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte's researcher, Saila-Maria Saaristo. The event will be part of the International Conference 'Portuguese/Global Urban Studies' , organized by the Urban Transitions Hub, ICS-ULisboa, CIES-Iscte, Iscte-IUL, and CICS.NOVA.IPLeiria, and will take place on 22 April 2026 , at 4:00 P

The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução  ( Women, Land, Revolution ) , authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório (CHAM-NOVA FCSH), has been officially selected to compete at two major film festivals, with April screenings honouring the legacy of the Revolution and the values of democracy. In Porto, it will compete in the Official Selection of the 9th PORTO FEMME International Film Festival , with a screening on 26 April at 3:15 PM. , at the Batalha

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios  has opened an internal call for expressions of interest to form a new editorial team. DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researchers, with contractual link to Iscte for a period of at least one year, are invited to submit an editorial proposal that includes the nomination of an Editor-in-chief, Deputy Editor and editorial board, as well as a strategic project for the development of the journal. Please read through the attached document for more

DINÂMIA’CET congratulates all researchers involved in the submission of R&D projects across the unit’s various scientific domains funded by the FCT. In this edition, a total of 20 applications were submitted with DINÂMIA’CET as the lead institution, of which 12 correspond to Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects and 8 to Exploratory Projects. The team's strong engagement reflects the organizational capacity, dynamism and interdisciplinary collaboration th

This spring, the Political Economy Master’s programme (Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon) and PhD programme (Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, ISEG – University of Lisbon, and FE – University of Coimbra) are hosting a seminar series on pressing issues in capitalist societies, held at Iscte from March 3 to May 28, 2026. The series calls for an interdisciplinary perspective grounded in historical, political, institutional knowledge and imagination. It brings together

The article ' The Paradox of Trust: How Leadership, Commitment, and Inertia Shape Sustainability Behavior in the Workplace ’ , co-authored by Winston Silvestre  (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher), Sérgio Begnini and Isabel Abreu has been published by MDPI  in the  Journal of Administrative Sciences. This study explores the factors driving employees’ sustainability-switching behaviors by integrating the Push, Pull, and Mooring (PPM) model with the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA).

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite you to an Open Lecture of the Master's programme in Urban Studies, entitled "The Arrival Grid: Public Space as Migrant Social Infrastructure in Central Lisbon" The event will take place on 30 March at 18:00 at Iscte, Building 3, Room AA2.29 and will feature a presentation by Professor Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro, examining how central urban public spaces in Lisbon function as infrastructures of arrival that mediate migrant integration in ever

Ana Vaz Milheiro , integrated researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, was interviewed in the 19 March 2026 edition of Visão magazine regarding the research project ArchLabour: Architecture, Colonialism and Labour. The role and legacy of mass labour in the design, planning and construction of Public Works in former African territories under Portuguese colonial rule . In this interview, the researcher discusses the objectives and preliminary findings of the project, which received €2

Rita Calvário , researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, produced the episode ‘Mujeres y Migraciones’ for the Soil Sisters  podcast series, developed within the framework of the SWIFT project – Supporting Women-led Innovation in Farming Territories. This episode asks several questions about the human rights of women migrant workers in agriculture and the ways in which agroecology and food sovereignty can help to transform oppressive power relations in European agriculture and rural a

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte has published the working paper entitled: 'A rtificial Intelligence and the Economy' , authored by Ricardo Paes Mamede . This publication e xamines the economic implications of recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the mechanisms through which AI affects firms, markets and macroeconomic outcomes. Building on the view that modern AI primarily reduces the cost of prediction and pattern recognition, the paper analyses how lower prediction

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte congratulates Nuno Grancho on his selection as Visiting Professor, to teach during the Spring Semester of 2027, in the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. The researcher will additionally collaborate with the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the same institution. Established through a joint initiative between the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) and Brown University, the Visiting Professor programme

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte has published the working paper entitled: 'Financialisation of workers and the erosion of trade union density in the European Union', authored by Ricardo Barradas. This publication examines the erosion of trade union density for the last five decades all over the world, which has been contributing to a strong deterioration of labour conditions, a dizzying loss of labour rights, a proliferation of exploitative labour practices and a persistence of high level

The sixth session of the Rede Tagus Research Cycle, entitled "Conversa #6 – Transição Climática e Sustentabilidade" (Talk #6 – Climate Transition and Sustainability), will take place on 24 March at 18:30, at the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Auditorium, at the Ordem dos Arquitectos headquarters, in Lisbon. The session, moderated by Nadir Bonaccorso ( Terr.A.ID , ECATI, Universidade Lusófona), will feature a presentation by DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researcher Elisabete Tomaz , entitled " Is

Florinda Matos , researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, has been recognized for her contribution to the Journal of Knowledge Management  (JKM) as co-author of the article 'Digital Transformation: The Role of Generative AI in the Evolution of Knowledge Management Systems'. This recognition also reflects the collaborative work with researchers Graciele Tonial, Aline Pletsch and Leani Koch, highlighting the importance of international scientific cooperation in knowledge management, in

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite you to the public presentation of Lorenzo Macagno's research project: 'Conexões entre arquitetura, antropologia e artes plásticas: um estudo de caso (Matalana, Moçambique)' (Connections between architecture, anthropology, and fine arts: a case study (Matalana, Mozambique)). The presentation will take place on 16 March 2026 at 10:00 at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Building 4, Room B226. The present research aims to explore the

DINÂMIA’CET-ISCTE is proud to announce the successful public defence of Eduardo Corales's doctoral thesis, entitled "POWERPOINT: Infraestrutura hidroelétrica em Portugal e o território como projeto”, held this past 3 March 2026, at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. The present research addresses the political questions underlying the justification, conception, and construction of selected Portuguese hydroelectric infrastructures between 1943 and 1975. This work helps

As part of the International Women's Day commemorations, the documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution) — authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório — will have two scheduled screenings over the coming week:   The first screening, promoted by the Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival , will take place on 8 March at 16:00 , at the Cine-Teatro São João, Palmela.   The second screening, promoted by Câmara Municipal do Seix

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios  has just released its Spring Special Issue (March 2026), on the subject of " Naturalizar, reconectar, reimaginar: rios urbanos como espaços de transformação urbana ” (Naturalize, reconnect, reimagine: urban rivers as spaces for urban transformation), organized Nagayamma Aragão, Luciana Bragança and Natasha Cabrera. Available here . The Editorial Team at CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios Submissions are continually available online and cond

The fifth session of the Rede Tagus Research Cycle, entitled "Conversa #5   - Paisagem e Ecologias Urbanas" (Talk #5 - Landscape and Urban Ecologies ) , will take place on 10 March at 18:30, at the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Auditorium, at the Ordem dos Arquitectos headquarters, in Lisbon. Founded in April 2024, the Rede Tagus is the result of a strategic partnership between the Ordem dos Arquitetos - Secção Regional de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo and six higher education research cent

The fourth session of the Rede Tagus Research Cycle, entitled "Conversa #4 - Governança Urbana e Políticas Públicas" (Talk #4  - Urban Governance and Public Policies ), will take place on 24 February at 18:30, at the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Auditorium, at the Ordem dos Arquitectos headquarters, in Lisbon. The session, moderated by Joana Mourão (CIAUD), will feature a presentation by DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researcher João Cardim Ribeiro , who will address " Housing and contemporary